Finalissima 2022 – Argentina beat Italy to win Finalissima – The winners of the European and South American continental tournaments clashed at Wembley, with Argentina the deserved victors. Argentina made an early statement of intent ahead of the World Cup with an impressively dominant 3-0 win over Italy to win the UEFA/CONMEBOL Finalissima at Wembley. Follow Italy vs Argentina Football with InsideSport.IN
Finalissima 2022: Argentina beat Italy to win first-ever Finalissima at Wembley, Lionel Messi, Di Maria and Dybala star in 3-0 thrashing, Watch Argentina beat Italy HIGHLIGHTS
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Finalissima 2022: Argentina beat Italy 3-0 to win first-ever Finalissima at Wembley Stadium
Italy vs Argentina Football: A brilliant intervention by Cristian Romero had earlier denied Andrea Belotti a simple finish in the 20th minute, with the striker then seeing a looping header saved by Emiliano Martinez a few moments later.
But Argentina soon took charge. Messi wonderfully turned away from Giovanni Di Lorenzo and held him off before passing across goal for Martinez to tap home.
The Inter forward then turned provider on the stroke of half-time, spinning Leonardo Bonucci and feeding Di Maria, who lifted an audacious chip over the helpless Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Roberto Mancini made three changes at the break but if anything Argentina only became more dominant – Donnarumma desperately scurried back to stop a Bonucci back-pass going in, before importantly denying the excellent Di Maria twice.
Finalissima 2022: Lionel Messi, Di Maria and Dybala star in 3-0 victory
Giovani Lo Celso then missed an open goal – albeit from a slightly tight angle – after great work by Messi, who subsequently tested Donnarumma twice.
Italy vs Argentina Football: But Donnarumma was eventually beaten again at the end, substitute Dybala finding the bottom-right corner after a solo Messi run terrified the Italy defence.
The Albiceleste deservedly win the Finalissima trophy, and send a warning to the rest of the world with the Qatar World Cup only months away. They’re playing like a well-oiled machine, and will only become harder to stop with each passing game.
Italy, however, farewelled Chiellini in this match too, signalling a changing of the guard with a new generation of Azzurri prospects set to be let loose in the upcoming UEFA Nations League.
Finalissima 2022: Argentina beat Italy to win first-ever Finalissima at Wembley, Lionel Messi, Di Maria and Dybala star in 3-0 thrashing, Watch Argentina beat Italy HIGHLIGHTS
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